POETRY: 3) To my loving Mom 4) To my loving Dad

3) To My Loving Mom, who Took Care of Me

To my loving mom, who took care of me,
Who brought me to earth with help from Allah:
Thank you for teaching me correct belief,
For educating me about Islam.

Thank you for the food you cooked everyday,
Thank you for feeding when I was younger,
For the busy nights when you stayed awake –
To care for me when in grief or hunger,

Thank you for the knowledge you shared with me –
About Islam, and life, and growing up –
For all that you made with your sewing machine,
For advising me on what I should stop.

Thank you, mother, for taking care of me;
May Allah bless you with Heaven’s entry.

Miriam / Mariam Mababaya

4) Some Words of Thanks to My Father who Cared

Some words of thanks to my father who cared,
Who also cared for me and my brothers:
Thank you for all those food you loved to share,
And for loving us, as did our mother.

Thank you for the money you used to pay
For our lunch at school, which you earned from work.
Thank you for driving me to school on those days,
And for helping me out with my homework.

Thank you, father, for proving that you cared,
For trying to fulfill our wants and needs –
When I was ill for trying to be there,
For the advice you wanted me to heed.

Thank you for loving, mother and father;
I pray that in Heaven we’ll meet each other.

Miriam / Mariam Mababaya

POETRY: 1) Apology 2) Contemplation

1) Apologizing

To every Muslim I know and don’t know,
Whom I have offended in any way:
I’m sorry if there’s anything I owe,
Or if I’ve ever hurt you by mistake,

I’m sorry for any problem I caused,
For any arguments – if we did have –
Please forgive my forgetfulness and flaws,
Forgive if at you I have ever laughed,

I’m sorry if what I did I meant it –
If I did not mean it, I’m sorry too –
I’m sorry I acted like a ‘dimwit’,
Sorry to those I know and never knew.

Forgive – likewise, Allah will forgive you.
Forgive me please. May Allah forgive you too.

Ameen.

Miriam / Mariam Mababaya

2) Contemplation / Thoughts

When you find yourself alone, sit and think.
Be calm, knowing that God is by your side.
Let your soul question, and your ego shrink.
Ask yourself questions – with answers that guide –

All that you did since you were born till now,
Were most of them good? Done to please Allah?
Can they save you on Judgment Day somehow?
Or do you still need to go very far?

What good deed can you do to please Allah?
Are the intentions of your deeds all clean?
How do you share your knowledge of Islam?
Is some of your ‘pride’ affecting your deen?

More questions like these should be asked each day –
For Allah’s guidance we must contemplate.

Miriam / Mariam Mababaya

ADVICE/TIPS: Muslim Women's Dress Code

One of the reasons why women will form the majority of Hell's inhabitants is

the indecent/immodest clothing of many women nowadays

and their obsession with their looks and fashion.

Forget 'fashion' and FOCUS on your duties/obligations to Allah, the God and King of all, who will judge us all on the Day of Judgment.

To all Muslimahs: the way you wear your hijab/niqab when among non-Mahrams, and when going out, can determine the strength or weakness of your faith/Iman -through how much you are willing to obey your God (Allah). 

Allah knows best.

NOTE: AstaghfurAllah. Never draw actual or realistic images of living beings because doing so, in other words closely imitating one of Allah's qualities in being the Creator, may earn you punishment on Judgment Day. Allahu A'lam.